Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜
Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜

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Opor ayam is an Indonesian dish from Central Java consisting of chicken cooked in coconut milk. The spice mixture (bumbu) includes galangal, lemongrass, cinnamon, tamarind juice, palm sugar. Opor ayam (chicken cooked in coconut milk) is one of the easiest Indonesian recipes you can try at home, and very delicious.

Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook opor ayam from padang (chicken braised in coconut milk)😍🍉🍌🍜 using 35 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜:
  1. Take whole Chicken, 1.5 kg cut into 8 pieces. Wash
  2. Prepare (thin) & 300ml (thick, concentrated) can Coconut Cream
  3. Make ready Water boiled from the kettle: as needed
  4. Take Rice Bran oil, Alfa one brand
  5. Make ready fresh Kencur or 1/2 tsp ground Kencur
  6. Prepare fresh Ginger peeled, slice thinly
  7. Take fresh Turmeric,skin on slice thickly (1/2 tsp ground curry)
  8. Prepare Candle nuts/Macadamia (Kemiri)
  9. Get Lemongrass stalks, split in half, crushed on the white part
  10. Prepare (see the image)
  11. Prepare Bay leaves (daun Salam)
  12. Prepare Kaffir lime leaves
  13. Take Curry leaves (daun kunyit)
  14. Take soft Brown sugar as needed
  15. Get bouillon Chicken powder
  16. Prepare Eggs (boiled 6' in salted water& peeled in cold water tap)
  17. Take medium Potatoes, peeled & cut in chunks size, then put
  18. Prepare on a double pot: steam for 19 minutes
  19. Get cakes Bean Curds (Tahu), sliced, fried in hot oil until brown
  20. Prepare Melinjo fruits
  21. Get shallots, slice thickly
  22. Take Garlic, slice thickly
  23. Get ground Coriander
  24. Take ground Nutmeg
  25. Take fresh red Chilies(leave 2 whole chillies whole as decorative)
  26. Take Cayenne Pepper ground (mild hot)
  27. Make ready bouillon Chicken
  28. Get Salt as needed
  29. Take Black pepper grinded
  30. Prepare Kerupuk Emping 1 bag,bought raw from Asian market.Fry in hot oil
  31. Take fried Onions, to sprinkle on top of serving dish
  32. Prepare Jasmine rice cook in Rice Cooker or
  33. Take Ketupat rice cakes (from Asian supermarket)cut in rough pieces
  34. Make ready (see images)
  35. Prepare Decorate: put 2 Basil leaves (or 2 stalks Coriander leaves)

Opor refers to the method of cooking/braising in coconut milk. I didn't deep fry the chicken and let the chicken just simmer in the aromatics and coconut milk. This dish is deeply flavorful from the spices and the creaminess of. Beside coconut milk is very rare and expensive thing here in Turkey.

Steps to make Opor Ayam from Padang (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk)😍🍉🍌🍜:
  1. The spicy paste has to be fried first in a wok with 3 tbs hot oil:put shallots,garlic,ginger,galangal,turmeric,lemongrass,kencur, candle nuts,coriander,red chilies.Stir to fry untill well cooked (!) emanating aroma-fragrance! Remove. Put the fried spicy into blender, blend it until a smooth paste. Remove.
  2. In a wok on medium heat put 4 cups water, thin coconut cream, the spicy paste, chicken pieces, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves,curry leaves, lemongrass, nutmeg,melinjo fruits, chicken stock powder, ground cayenne pepper, salt: stir to fry & mix. Keep stirring to avoid the coconut cream split, until the chicken is halfway cooked.
  3. Then add the rest the thick coconut cream while still stirring,add the cooked potatoes, prefried sliced bean curds,boiled eggs,sugar. Add more salt & more water if needed.
  4. When the casserole starting to boil, turn down the temp and let it simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked completely. Turn off, remove the wok. Transfer Opor Ayam onto a deep large rectangular glass dish. Sprinkle on top with dried fried Onions, decorate with 2 Basil leaves. To serve with steamed Jasmine Rice or Ketupat cakes. Side dish: crunchy cracker Kerupuk emping.

Try this Opor Ayam (Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk) recipe by Chef Ming Tsai. This recipe is from the show Simply Ming. Add Thai basil and cook another minute. Cut the chicken into eight pcs, throw away the loose skin and fat and rub the pcs with the lemon juice. Heat the oil in a saucepan or possibly wok, and pour the sauce.

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